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you've got at least 300 people in 1 of 3 shelters in rehoboth. and the mandatory no driving ban in place from the delaware governor that is still in effect, and businesses are not allowed to open until after the 4:30 p.m. hour. eight inches of rain in the past couple of days. we'll see much more as the sun begins to rise. live from rehoboth beach, erica gonzalez, news 4. >>> new overnight, a 42-year-old woman rescued from the atlantic ocean died after she and her crew mates were forced to abandon ship. this morning crews searching for the captain of the hms bounty. dramatic video shows the rescue. 14 crew members pulled from carolina's outer banks. the captain called for help when the ship lost power and was taking on water. one of the rescuers describes the conditions. >> being in those waves is more like a washing machine. we have these waves hitting at you from every single direction. >> the crew was trying avoid sandy but got caught in the storm. that ship left connecticut on thursday on its way to florida. >> the new york stock exchange clos
you've got at least 300 people in 1 of 3 shelters in rehoboth. and the mandatory no driving ban in place from the delaware governor that is still in effect, and businesses are not allowed to open until after the 4:30 p.m. hour. eight inches of rain in the past couple of days. we'll see much more as the sun begins to rise. live from rehoboth beach, erica gonzalez, news 4. >>> new overnight, a 42-year-old woman rescued from the atlantic ocean died after she and her crew mates were forced...
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in rehoboth beach, delaware. so as predicted, the damage from sandy, it did come in fast, and it could be days before we know the full extent of the damage. in so many locations. >> all up and down the east coast. really 23 states involved dealing with the wind. even here in georgia they're feeling it. rescues up and down the coast. more pictures. more live coverage. next. [ male announcer ] one in four americans can't sleep. are you one of them? drink dream water, the natural, fast acting sleep aid that helps you wake refreshed. visit drinkdreamwater.com. >>> the death toll is going up. unleashing extreme winds and dangerous surge. and now causing whiteout conditions inland. >> i know. unbelievably, now more than 2.1 million people in new jersey are without power. not because of snow but because of rain and high water. police say at least three people have died from fallen trees. and two of those deaths in mendham township about 30 miles west of new york city. new jersey governor chris christie repeatedly warned
in rehoboth beach, delaware. so as predicted, the damage from sandy, it did come in fast, and it could be days before we know the full extent of the damage. in so many locations. >> all up and down the east coast. really 23 states involved dealing with the wind. even here in georgia they're feeling it. rescues up and down the coast. more pictures. more live coverage. next. [ male announcer ] one in four americans can't sleep. are you one of them? drink dream water, the natural, fast...
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there is power on here in rehoboth. there are very few people here in rehoboth, except those of us respecting the news. the governor gave an urgent evacuation order. people adhered to it and that saved a lot of people, as well as prevented more damage to not only personal property, but also to people. so when the people come in tomorrow morning, they will find that there is a lot of cleanup to do. that will be costly, but i am happy to say right now that we haven't heard of any injuries or worse -- loss of life. >> we see you out there, all bundled up. there is a cold chill in the air? it's very unusual. i know you are covered hurricanes before. usually, we're dealing with warm weather, moist conditions. but to be standing there, covering a hurricane, all bundled up like that, how unusual is that for you? >> reporter: well, it is not unusual at all. any time you cover a nor'easter or any type of storm or wind event, it can change the nature of the temperature, not only in the water, but also the temperature in the air.
there is power on here in rehoboth. there are very few people here in rehoboth, except those of us respecting the news. the governor gave an urgent evacuation order. people adhered to it and that saved a lot of people, as well as prevented more damage to not only personal property, but also to people. so when the people come in tomorrow morning, they will find that there is a lot of cleanup to do. that will be costly, but i am happy to say right now that we haven't heard of any injuries or...
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rehoboth beach is coming back to life this morning. it is like we've awakened from a feverish dream. the curse of hurricane sandy is over. the town was deserted, evacuated, but they survived. you saw the dogs and the people and the surfers back on the beach. and you saw people with the metal deckers out trying to see if they could find any kind of bounty left by the sea as the waves came crashing in to see what kind of treasures were brought in this morning. the town of rehoboth emof cars. cars were not allowed in here for almost two days. now it is getting packed pretty quickly. people are coming back to look at the ocean. because the storm was so ferocious. they want to come back and check and touch base with it to make sure it is okay and just to walk on it them were not allowed to for a good day, day and a half. >> absolutely incredible. that's all i've got to say. mother nature at her best. >> i thought it would be a lot worse than this. >> reporter: rehoboth suffered some minimal damage. some power outage and a sandy mess on the
rehoboth beach is coming back to life this morning. it is like we've awakened from a feverish dream. the curse of hurricane sandy is over. the town was deserted, evacuated, but they survived. you saw the dogs and the people and the surfers back on the beach. and you saw people with the metal deckers out trying to see if they could find any kind of bounty left by the sea as the waves came crashing in to see what kind of treasures were brought in this morning. the town of rehoboth emof cars. cars...
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you guys have been working overtime in in rehoboth. thakds to you guys on team rehoboth. we'll see you in a bit. >>> the wind may be dying down, but hundreds of thousands of people in our area still in the dark. more than 100,000 in northern virginia. dominion virginia power working to restore electricity to 109,000 customers right now. that is down 10,000 or so customers since we started this morning. and pepco says about 25,000 of its customers without electricity. bge has 70,000 outages in our area, about 60,000 in anne arundel county. smeco reporting more than 3,400 customers in the dark. >>> news 4's melissa mollet is live from alexandria where there are no lights to be found. >> reporter: we're at commonwealth and myrtle in alexandria. the only lights we're seeing now, guys, the lights from our camera, the lights on our live truck, and a couple of people driving down the street. the entire neighborhood is dark. a couple of trees down here. who knows what caused the power outage. take a look at this tree. as we kind of widen out a little bit, you can see how massive
you guys have been working overtime in in rehoboth. thakds to you guys on team rehoboth. we'll see you in a bit. >>> the wind may be dying down, but hundreds of thousands of people in our area still in the dark. more than 100,000 in northern virginia. dominion virginia power working to restore electricity to 109,000 customers right now. that is down 10,000 or so customers since we started this morning. and pepco says about 25,000 of its customers without electricity. bge has 70,000...
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waves are much call memplet a rehoboth beach -- calmer, rehoboth beach. in kent island watching it carefully. tough boating the next few days. annapolis, the water is relatively quiet. here in the harbor, we're watching for that next high tide. we'll be in the safe zone. we still have to watch havre de grace the next several days. water is whipping down the susquehanna. all the runoff. we've been watching that very carefully. 43 mat bwi -- at bwi. cold air funneling out of the north. what's left of sandy will continue to drift. there she is, large, power house storm around here and one for the record books. no question about that. let's give you that seven-day forecast. breezy sunny conditions will be the story. it will be clearing each day. i will say this. there is the possibility of a few mixed wet snowflakes, snow showers. a few flakes. sandy's little parting gift. how's that? >>> new video keeps pouring in. we want to show you these. these are images right here. we're on seaside heights in new jersey. look at this. the picture of the boardwalk. in so
waves are much call memplet a rehoboth beach -- calmer, rehoboth beach. in kent island watching it carefully. tough boating the next few days. annapolis, the water is relatively quiet. here in the harbor, we're watching for that next high tide. we'll be in the safe zone. we still have to watch havre de grace the next several days. water is whipping down the susquehanna. all the runoff. we've been watching that very carefully. 43 mat bwi -- at bwi. cold air funneling out of the north. what's...
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i used to always go -- i used to always go to rehoboth, even during the wirpt time. there is lots of things to do. but there is going to be some economic damage to this, right? >> reporter: oh! have you that right. i don't want to vent tower guess how much it's going to cost and in fact, i am glad you brought that up, earlier today, there were some emergency officials taking pictures of the boardwalk and looking at the area because they have to assess what's going to go on in terms of how much they will have to dig deep into their pockets to take care of this. and mind you, they're prepared for it because they have declared themselves as a disaster area. so they will get some help from the federal government. but a lot of this, they realize will cost them, again, i don't want to venture to number, but at least $10 to $20 billion, not in delaware, but all throughout the region hit by super storm sandy. delawareville its fair share of what will it cost to replenish the beach and to make sure that the boardwalk is safe and intact, as well as to deal with the flood areas
i used to always go -- i used to always go to rehoboth, even during the wirpt time. there is lots of things to do. but there is going to be some economic damage to this, right? >> reporter: oh! have you that right. i don't want to vent tower guess how much it's going to cost and in fact, i am glad you brought that up, earlier today, there were some emergency officials taking pictures of the boardwalk and looking at the area because they have to assess what's going to go on in terms of how...
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you know they kind of got spared out in rehoboth. just a beautiful sight. >> that rainbow shot over new york city where so many people dealt with horrible flooding, power out. tunnels still flooded out you need a rainbow at a time like that. >> several days of clean-up for new york city and new jersey. >> at least. okay. kristen berset thank you. >> thank you. >>> and we would like you to "like" us on facebook and if you do, we're going to donate $1 to the american red cross sandy relief fund. please consider going to wusa9 on facebook and liking our page. back to you guys in the studio. >> that's something we can support. but you -- you're sort of skeptical of that picture with the rainbow? what's up? >> i mean it may be real. it looked too perfect for me but to me you never know. >> you never know. let us choose. >> we are going to accept that. exactly. winds pretty much gone. i mean a little breezy the next couple of days but we are looking at some old care, for -- cold air, the southwest wind it's like march outside. temperatures
you know they kind of got spared out in rehoboth. just a beautiful sight. >> that rainbow shot over new york city where so many people dealt with horrible flooding, power out. tunnels still flooded out you need a rainbow at a time like that. >> several days of clean-up for new york city and new jersey. >> at least. okay. kristen berset thank you. >> thank you. >>> and we would like you to "like" us on facebook and if you do, we're going to donate $1 to...
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especially along delaware's coast where can gary tuchman is on the ground in rehoboth beach. it looks almost placid at nightfall for you. >> reporter: i wouldn't have a picnic out here right now because it's really cold. it's amazing with all the years we've covered hurricanes, i've never been frozen before. it's really -- it feels like a winter storm. indeed, that's what it's turned out to be in west virginia, virginia. feels like it could snow here, that's how cold it is. that's the sad part. that's something we must stress. in the aftermath of all this, usually we have power failures and usually in the heat of the summer and people are very hot in their apartments, so their homes, they have to find a mall that's air conditioned or draw a cold bath and take a cold bath but this is a serious situation because you have thousands of people here in delaware, nearby, maryland, virginia, who don't have power. it's a very cold evening and they'll be very cold. that's a concern. we can tell you here in rehoboth beach, right now it's a ghost town because people listened and decided
especially along delaware's coast where can gary tuchman is on the ground in rehoboth beach. it looks almost placid at nightfall for you. >> reporter: i wouldn't have a picnic out here right now because it's really cold. it's amazing with all the years we've covered hurricanes, i've never been frozen before. it's really -- it feels like a winter storm. indeed, that's what it's turned out to be in west virginia, virginia. feels like it could snow here, that's how cold it is. that's the sad...
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but the biggest thing yesterday, here in rehoboth beach, in dewey beach, where we are at right now, we saw the brunt nft storm really in the morning. and even when the eye wall came over us, we still had a little bit of rain, still had a little bit of wind, but even at high tide last night, we didn't see the type of waves and the type of erosion that we were seeing yesterday morning. it was just tremendous. so now that we're seeing the after effects, or the effects rather, what we're seeing is flooding. we got a lot of rain, didn't get too much wind. so we're thankful that we're not seeing shattered glass all over the place. but this is what you're finding, where the ocean and the bay meet, and you're seeing roadways in low lying areas just inundated, covered with water. there is still a driving ban that is in place for the state of delaware. residents here are not expected to be back to work until after 4:30. even then it's still questionable. we'll get an update from the governor of delaware. still the impact here is going to be in low lying areas. thankful is looks like the brunt of
but the biggest thing yesterday, here in rehoboth beach, in dewey beach, where we are at right now, we saw the brunt nft storm really in the morning. and even when the eye wall came over us, we still had a little bit of rain, still had a little bit of wind, but even at high tide last night, we didn't see the type of waves and the type of erosion that we were seeing yesterday morning. it was just tremendous. so now that we're seeing the after effects, or the effects rather, what we're seeing is...
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>> yes, i am. >> as i understand it, rehoboth was to be reached by midnight tonight. what's the situation there? >> we expected high tide in rehoboth around 9:00 so we're past high tide and it moves up the state in the northern part of the state. we were very concerned about the 9:00 because the flooding is very serious but it didn't appear to get materially worse with the 9:00 high tide and we're hopeful that that will be the case as well as high tide moves up the state. >> what was affected by the flooding? >> well, we had a number of homes where we had floods. we had an evacuation in most of the low lying coastal areas. so fortunately we were able to deal with that had not folks evacuated. primarily roads that typically flood when we have a lot of rain and we won't be able to do a real good assessment until tomorrow morning when the sun comes up in terms of the long-term damage. you mentioned we had 600-plus in shelters around the coast. we have about 924 up and down the state in shelters and with had up to 40,000 without power. you mentioned a lower number now and
>> yes, i am. >> as i understand it, rehoboth was to be reached by midnight tonight. what's the situation there? >> we expected high tide in rehoboth around 9:00 so we're past high tide and it moves up the state in the northern part of the state. we were very concerned about the 9:00 because the flooding is very serious but it didn't appear to get materially worse with the 9:00 high tide and we're hopeful that that will be the case as well as high tide moves up the state....
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as an angry, angry ocean that is coming going to be up on the boardwalk in rehoboth beach but i want to tell you about the one thing we've been keeping an eye on. it's this lamppost and these lights are still on. still electricity, more than 1.25 million people without power. we'll have more on what's going to happen to them in the coming hours. >> okay. david, good to check in with you. >>> also want to go to long beach, new york, because long beach built a wall of sand as a defense against the ocean, and abc's ron claiborne is there to tell us if it's holding. ron? >> reporter: good evening, diane. that wall of the sand berm they built along the shore held out for quite a while but if you look over my shoulder it is all but now obliterated. the pounding surf and rising tide took it out, the erosion the wind, it is gone and that water is flowing from the beach here into the city of 35,000. this suburb of new york city. they're expecting a storm surge of somewhere between 4 and 8 feet. it is possible this entire low-lying barrier island will be overflowed with water in the next 12 ho
as an angry, angry ocean that is coming going to be up on the boardwalk in rehoboth beach but i want to tell you about the one thing we've been keeping an eye on. it's this lamppost and these lights are still on. still electricity, more than 1.25 million people without power. we'll have more on what's going to happen to them in the coming hours. >> okay. david, good to check in with you. >>> also want to go to long beach, new york, because long beach built a wall of sand as a...
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we want to take you now to delaware, rehoboth beach in delaware. it's where brian todd is reporting for us this morning. how does it look where you are? >> reporter: well, fingers are crossed here, soledad, because standing on the board walk. i'll tell you what they were concerned about at the height of the storm yesterday and last night. this kind of wash from the beach, the sand with the dunes possibly getting breached. they did get breached for a short period. not too bad, though, the damage. because the brunt of the storm hit about 45 miles north of here. they thought it could come here ten looked for a while like it was going to come right here. the storm surgeon the shore over here was very severe. the waves were very high. the dunes were getting breached. the water was coming up very close to the board walk here and some of the sand did wash on. but for the most part, the board walk has held the beaches which they actually built out about 300 feet toward the ocean earlier this year. they replenished those beaches. because of that, the sand,
we want to take you now to delaware, rehoboth beach in delaware. it's where brian todd is reporting for us this morning. how does it look where you are? >> reporter: well, fingers are crossed here, soledad, because standing on the board walk. i'll tell you what they were concerned about at the height of the storm yesterday and last night. this kind of wash from the beach, the sand with the dunes possibly getting breached. they did get breached for a short period. not too bad, though, the...
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we will go to rehoboth beach down in delaware. they've had over seven inches of rain there, and in dewey beach. there has been significant flooding and i think it's probably still going on. go ahead, what do you have? >> reporter: chad, we're about 50 miles south of atlantic city, where ali is. right now the weather is continuing to be quite treacherous here. i have never seen, all the hurricanes i covered, such intense waves in the atlantic ocean. i have seen waves like this in hawaii. i've never seen it in any of the atlantic hurricanes i covered before. here at rehoboth, often considered america's summer capital, it's a beautiful beach resort very close to washington, d.c., so lots of politicians come here, bureaucrats, workers in washington every summer. it's a small town of about 1300 people year round but tens of thousands of people in the summer. it's very environmentally fragile. right now we have a lot of houses that have been flooded, a lot of streets under water, a lot of vehicles under water. major problems here but as
we will go to rehoboth beach down in delaware. they've had over seven inches of rain there, and in dewey beach. there has been significant flooding and i think it's probably still going on. go ahead, what do you have? >> reporter: chad, we're about 50 miles south of atlantic city, where ali is. right now the weather is continuing to be quite treacherous here. i have never seen, all the hurricanes i covered, such intense waves in the atlantic ocean. i have seen waves like this in hawaii....
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. >> we have had reporters a the row -- raw rehoboth beach. he could see power -- power up in the area. how about power outages? >> some power outages across the state. we have some lines down. that was expected to occur. but again not as widespread as we might have anticipated. >> any damage estimates yet, or is that too early? >> it is way too early for that. you really can't get good damage estimates until you can get outside and take a look. we need daylight for that. so they can go out once the sun comes up, take a look at some of the areas and take a look at the damage and where it occurred and exactly what occurred. >> gary, have you ever experienced any type of storm like this before? >> in terms of intensity? i immediately think of last year's hurricane irene that treated delaware more lightly than it treated our surrounding states. >> any advice for residents there this evening? and what can they expect when the sun comes up later this morning? >> the best advice we are giving now is for people to -- who say well things look good out
. >> we have had reporters a the row -- raw rehoboth beach. he could see power -- power up in the area. how about power outages? >> some power outages across the state. we have some lines down. that was expected to occur. but again not as widespread as we might have anticipated. >> any damage estimates yet, or is that too early? >> it is way too early for that. you really can't get good damage estimates until you can get outside and take a look. we need daylight for...
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the rehoboth bay spilled over to the road here and every road heading toward -- >> can see the water moving behind him. that was our bruce johnson on dewey beach. after the break the latest on power restoration efforts in our area. >> plus, how social media is playing a major role in this disaster storm. >> let's get the latest on power outages across our region. >> investigative russ ptacek knows exactly where to find that information. >> reporter: we're 24 hours into this since this really started heating up. are you ready for a headline? this is the headline i just sent out while you guys were getting the 7:00 news underway here. that is most power now restored. 248,000 people remain without power right now, but at the height of this storm this morning and the early morning hours, we were at more than a half a million. let's take a look at where some of these people are located. boy, folks in northern virginia, you're having a tough time. there is some good news. one of the points we made when we were talking about this as we were looking into this area trying to identify what the
the rehoboth bay spilled over to the road here and every road heading toward -- >> can see the water moving behind him. that was our bruce johnson on dewey beach. after the break the latest on power restoration efforts in our area. >> plus, how social media is playing a major role in this disaster storm. >> let's get the latest on power outages across our region. >> investigative russ ptacek knows exactly where to find that information. >> reporter: we're 24 hours...
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rehoboth, wart on the boardwalk -- water on the boardwalk. ocean city took a bigger hit with that south facing coastline as opposed to the east facing coastline. kent island, water levels up. we have a high tide to get through at 7. we're watching the harbor as well, of course, to see what happens. overthe next two days we're watching the susquehanna. that water flow has picked up and it's looking brown. 30s, 40s. winds have turned light, southwesterly. that's a cold wind wrapping around the center of sandy. it will continue to pull in that cold air and tough to get out of the 40s thanks to that raparound -- wraparound cold air. we'll get a couple of spitting showers over the next couple of days and the whole thing will clear out thursday and friday and better weather for the weekend. what a wild power house storm that was. that was superstorm sandy. as we look ahead wednesday into the middle part of the weekend, looks pretty de cent. we'll see a few showers lingering tonight and cool november like weather coming in behind sandy. we'll be bac
rehoboth, wart on the boardwalk -- water on the boardwalk. ocean city took a bigger hit with that south facing coastline as opposed to the east facing coastline. kent island, water levels up. we have a high tide to get through at 7. we're watching the harbor as well, of course, to see what happens. overthe next two days we're watching the susquehanna. that water flow has picked up and it's looking brown. 30s, 40s. winds have turned light, southwesterly. that's a cold wind wrapping around the...
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he's in rehoboth beach. what's it like there? >> rehoboth beach, bethany beach, dewey beach and fenwick island are the four beaches and they've lost quite a bit of beach because of what my surfer friends call the absolutely radical waves we've seen on the atlantic ocean today. of all the hurricanes i've covered, i've never seen waves this big. i would estimate, and so would my colleagues, tle were 20 to 25-foot waves here. i've seen that high before in the pacific, but never in the atlantic in the hurricanes we've covered. but the people here in delaware, in ocean city, which is in maryland, in virginia, all part of the delmarva peninsula, as i know you know well, erin, because you're from the area, the people consider themselves very lucky, because the main thrust of this storm ended up going 40 miles to the north of us. there's flooding here, cars under water, streets that are flooded. it's not nearly as bad as it could have been. the most important news, we don't know of any casualties on the delmarva peninsula from storm sand
he's in rehoboth beach. what's it like there? >> rehoboth beach, bethany beach, dewey beach and fenwick island are the four beaches and they've lost quite a bit of beach because of what my surfer friends call the absolutely radical waves we've seen on the atlantic ocean today. of all the hurricanes i've covered, i've never seen waves this big. i would estimate, and so would my colleagues, tle were 20 to 25-foot waves here. i've seen that high before in the pacific, but never in the...
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. >> we're seeing breaks towards the coast, rehoboth beach, salisbury, ocean city, yes, still wind driven but not so much rain. as we look to our west, we have blizzard warnings for most of our mountain counties above 2,000 feet, a foot of snow and maybe more the higher you go in elevation. we had a terrible pileup. i think i heard about four tractor trailers jackknifing out there along interstate 68. so we know visibility is down and conditions are really rough. >> still thunder snow out there, lightning. >> probably good snow rates. going forward in time let's see where our wind gusts go as we go through the rest of the overnight hours. jumping back to our map, 62- mile an hour gusts projected by our model at midnight, maybe annapolis 64, salisbury 71. this is not what we measured. it is a projection of what might happen. at 2 a.m. still catching a lot of gusts in the mid-50s all around the region, maybe hit 63 at salisbury. at 6 a.m. still fairly strong over 50- mile an hour in many areas and by 9 a.m. perhaps we're dropping down closer to the 40-mile an hour gust range. that's definit
. >> we're seeing breaks towards the coast, rehoboth beach, salisbury, ocean city, yes, still wind driven but not so much rain. as we look to our west, we have blizzard warnings for most of our mountain counties above 2,000 feet, a foot of snow and maybe more the higher you go in elevation. we had a terrible pileup. i think i heard about four tractor trailers jackknifing out there along interstate 68. so we know visibility is down and conditions are really rough. >> still thunder...
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in delaware, the storm wiped out beaches in several communities and rehoboth beach and dewey beach, thousands of people were evacuated from wilmington and delaware city. now one final word, there is some word that the potomac river, specifically the area between hancock, amaryland and washington, d.c., could begin flooding to night. the national weather service says it could be worst flooding that area has seen in 16 years. nbc's michelle franzen is at battery park city on the lower tip of manhattan. that is where the storm surge hit a record high over 13 feet. she joins us on the phone. how are things looking there? >> reporter: good morning, chris. yeah, that is record high. nearly 14 feet, as you mentioned. this is where all the troubles began for lower manhattan where that water surge came in during that high tide and peaked last night at 8:30. at the same time, near the same time, sandy was ramping up here. it's still going strong with her winds here in lower manhattan. of course, that water surge coming up all throughout lower manhattan flooding parts of battery park as well as gushing
in delaware, the storm wiped out beaches in several communities and rehoboth beach and dewey beach, thousands of people were evacuated from wilmington and delaware city. now one final word, there is some word that the potomac river, specifically the area between hancock, amaryland and washington, d.c., could begin flooding to night. the national weather service says it could be worst flooding that area has seen in 16 years. nbc's michelle franzen is at battery park city on the lower tip of...
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let's get to brian todd in rehoboth beach which is in delaware. see what the damage is where he is this morning. brian, good morning. >> good morning, soledad. right now the concern is power outages in delaware. nearly 44,000 customers in this state without power this morning. and officials are concerned about their well-being for a number of reasons. but a primary reason is because of temperatures in delaware have dropped fairly significantly overnight. it's a lot colder this morning than it was last night when we were out here. even during the storm. so, the concern of the people without power is pretty prevalent here. and the governor, jack markell, told me last night that his concern about power outages was that the power crews may not be able to get to them as fast as they want to because of wind gusts. wind gusts this morning are not too bad. hopefully the power crews in delaware will be able to deploy fairly quickly. but the governor was concerned about that. one thing that they are grateful for this morning is that the boardwalk and the be
let's get to brian todd in rehoboth beach which is in delaware. see what the damage is where he is this morning. brian, good morning. >> good morning, soledad. right now the concern is power outages in delaware. nearly 44,000 customers in this state without power this morning. and officials are concerned about their well-being for a number of reasons. but a primary reason is because of temperatures in delaware have dropped fairly significantly overnight. it's a lot colder this morning...
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they dodged a bullet in rehoboth. >>> the storm surge from sandy is the biggest threat right now. experts from the coastal engineering from institute of technology. thank you for joining us. the most dangerous part of this storm is it sounds like is the storm surge. how significant is this? >> the storm surge is usually where you see most of the fatalities in these events. the water comes up typically so fast people don't realize the danger until it's too late. fortunately with this won the worst of it is behind us. >> so you think we are sort of out of the woods but nevertheless a lot of that water is still there. talk with us about the combination of the storm surge with these very high tides right now. >> a lot of times timing is the factor. this storm hit a period of spring high time. it made the conditions worse. all of the rain needs somewhere to drain to. if the tides say high there's nowhere for the water to go. >> there's nowhere for the water to go. some of this flows back into the ocean the long island sound et cetera and rivers. but it really saturated the ground. what
they dodged a bullet in rehoboth. >>> the storm surge from sandy is the biggest threat right now. experts from the coastal engineering from institute of technology. thank you for joining us. the most dangerous part of this storm is it sounds like is the storm surge. how significant is this? >> the storm surge is usually where you see most of the fatalities in these events. the water comes up typically so fast people don't realize the danger until it's too late. fortunately with...
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. >> people are returning to rehoboth beach after a crazy couple of days. winds and rain slammed the beach up to but today there's some flooded streets, minimal damage and only scattered power outages. >> of course our region has a long history of storms. we're talking summer, winter storms. how does this compare? >> we wanted to see how the storm system stacked up against recent storms. nose had a major impact on our area. so some call were made to pepco, bge. for irene, i'll step out of the way. you can see irene, over 600,000 without power. of course, a lot of folks remember that. that was just a year ago with the derecho during one of our hottest times of the year and temperature over 100 degrees, we had a million people without power. that was the system that came in fast. and without of course, a lot of preparation. sandy, over 450,000 without power. so less of an impact in terms of power outages but a the downed trees throughout the area that had to be dealt with. such a large storm system that's having impact on the rest of the country. one that we
. >> people are returning to rehoboth beach after a crazy couple of days. winds and rain slammed the beach up to but today there's some flooded streets, minimal damage and only scattered power outages. >> of course our region has a long history of storms. we're talking summer, winter storms. how does this compare? >> we wanted to see how the storm system stacked up against recent storms. nose had a major impact on our area. so some call were made to pepco, bge. for irene, i'll...
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. >> we've been having reports of what's going on in your state places like rehoboth beach, dewey beach deluged by the surging waters. what can you tell us about the situation in your state. >> they got hit with surging waters with the atlantic ocean right next door and with the heavy rains that came in with the storm. on sunday, the major route through the beach area is route 1 between dewey beach and the indian river inlet became flooded and a number of areas. that road was closed and remains closed for an indefinite period as motion of the portion of that roadway is flooded. a seven-mile stretch. >> have you had a number of rescues that you know about? will there people still trapped. >> there may be people who chose to not evacuate but we have not been made aware of any rescues that have gone on across the state. a lot of people, it seems, took seriously the governor's order to evacuate and got to higher ground to shelters or to friends and relatives' hope. >> what will be the first order of business of your office of the office of emergency management in the morning when the sun co
. >> we've been having reports of what's going on in your state places like rehoboth beach, dewey beach deluged by the surging waters. what can you tell us about the situation in your state. >> they got hit with surging waters with the atlantic ocean right next door and with the heavy rains that came in with the storm. on sunday, the major route through the beach area is route 1 between dewey beach and the indian river inlet became flooded and a number of areas. that road was closed...
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but nearly every state east of the mississippi river knows it has arrived, the eye of the storm, rehoboth beach, delaware. >> if you haven't felt it you will be feeling the effect soon. heavy rain had been falling in delaware since saturday. this morning the people who live there are coping with massive flooding, driving is still banned on all roadways. >> in the philadelphia area, more than 400,000 homes were city of brotherly love and full restoration could take more than a week. heavy rain battered the city along with wind gusting as high as 70 miles an hour. philadelphia schools, municipal offices and mass transit will remain shut down at least, at least through today. >>> the other region battered by wind, topping 80 miles an hour, southern new england, rhode island and massachusetts coast. this video shows a house near the famous kennedy compound in high an isport destroyed monday afternoon. while there was wind damage. officials in massachusetts say they're relieved the state dodged a direct hit from sandy. >>> off the coast of north carolina, the coast guard rescued 14 members of
but nearly every state east of the mississippi river knows it has arrived, the eye of the storm, rehoboth beach, delaware. >> if you haven't felt it you will be feeling the effect soon. heavy rain had been falling in delaware since saturday. this morning the people who live there are coping with massive flooding, driving is still banned on all roadways. >> in the philadelphia area, more than 400,000 homes were city of brotherly love and full restoration could take more than a week....
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parts of rehoboth beach are underwater. that's where kelly wright is. >> reporter: you can see the sign there, warning you about rip currents, breaking the grip of the rip. i should not be out here according to the safety rules but the governor saw fit that we could be here to report to you what's going on on this wonderful beach. the governor has said this is a time for hunkering down and staying put, and that makes good sense because we're expecting heavy coastal winds as well as some more flooding. you can look out and see the surf. it's still very angry, still churning up because of sandy's scorn. you have to describe sandy as being a sinister kind of storm, causing deaths along the east coast. fortunately nothing has happened here, but if you take a look down at the boardwalk, you cab n see everything is closed. the governor ordered a manned tear evacuation from the beach. everybody had to be out by 8p.m. as i came into the area, everyone was leaving. the police were always on the job. they've been here throughout the
parts of rehoboth beach are underwater. that's where kelly wright is. >> reporter: you can see the sign there, warning you about rip currents, breaking the grip of the rip. i should not be out here according to the safety rules but the governor saw fit that we could be here to report to you what's going on on this wonderful beach. the governor has said this is a time for hunkering down and staying put, and that makes good sense because we're expecting heavy coastal winds as well as some...
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. >> doug luzader reporting for us from rehoboth. dry out those clothes, man. thank you very much for all the reports. we appreciate it. >>> dozens of homes destroyed in a raging fire in queens, new york. we'll have an update. >>> and closer to home, a tree falls on a home and a car. holly is taking us to the scene live right after the break. it's 9:12. we'll be right back. teacher: this is west virginia, pennsylvania, delaware. and this is maryland. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million gaming at casinos in these other states. question seven will build a new casino and bring table games to baltimore... generating hundreds of millions for schools. and that money has to go to education. it's the law. so vote for question seven. so we can stop spending all that money here, and keep maryland money in classrooms like mine. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn your own butter what? too? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who are you? [ female announcer ] new p
. >> doug luzader reporting for us from rehoboth. dry out those clothes, man. thank you very much for all the reports. we appreciate it. >>> dozens of homes destroyed in a raging fire in queens, new york. we'll have an update. >>> and closer to home, a tree falls on a home and a car. holly is taking us to the scene live right after the break. it's 9:12. we'll be right back. teacher: this is west virginia, pennsylvania, delaware. and this is maryland. every...
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flooding was also severe farther up the coast in rehoboth, delaware. marine docks were under water and downtown was deserted. along the chesapeake bay, communities like crisfield were evacuated due to extreme flooding. residents there said it was the worst they had ever seen. at this moment police and city officials are checking on the damage and assessing the condition of people who decided to ride out this storm. charlie and norah? >> chip reid thanks. as sandy reached inland, it ran into a cold front over the appalachian mountains, turning the hurricane into a blizzard. in the middle of that storm in elkins, west virginia. >> reporter: here in the mountains of west virginia, the snow is continuing to fall. the snow is not over here. possibly 10" on the ground just in town. estimated one to three feet at higher elevations up in the mound mountains. it's a very wet, heavy snow. what that means is as it weighs down the power lines and the tree s trees, you get power outages. it is estimated there are upwards of 150,000 people in west virginia who are g
flooding was also severe farther up the coast in rehoboth, delaware. marine docks were under water and downtown was deserted. along the chesapeake bay, communities like crisfield were evacuated due to extreme flooding. residents there said it was the worst they had ever seen. at this moment police and city officials are checking on the damage and assessing the condition of people who decided to ride out this storm. charlie and norah? >> chip reid thanks. as sandy reached inland, it ran...
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you see how rehoboth beach is, they didn't have a bigger problem-- >> we'll talk to you more throughout the afternoon. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. cheryl: 15,000 flights grounded by the storms and airports are closed, they've got flooded runway. and disaster modeling fr, he's coming up next, and let's take a look at one of the few things trading today. that's the oil contract, 85.22 kind of stayed if that range and tomorrow could be a whole different story for the commodities markets as well. ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >> well, in the light of the day, businesses and residents are surveying the damage for the door. modeling from eqecat predict up to 10 billion in insurance loss, overall economic damages totalling up to 20 billion at this point and those are the averages
you see how rehoboth beach is, they didn't have a bigger problem-- >> we'll talk to you more throughout the afternoon. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. cheryl: 15,000 flights grounded by the storms and airports are closed, they've got flooded runway. and disaster modeling fr, he's coming up next, and let's take a look at one of the few things trading today. that's the oil contract, 85.22 kind of stayed if that range and tomorrow could be a whole different story for the...
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flooding was also severe farther up the coast in rehoboth delaware. docks were under water. downtown was deserted. along the chesapeake communities were evacuated due to extreme flooding. residents there said it was the worst they had ever seen. >> i feel sorry. it is not over yet. >> reporter: today police emergency responders and the national guard will be patrolling the emergency evacuation zones of the city checking on the safety of people who chose to ride out this storm. >> xhip reidchip reid thanks. a hurricane was turned into a blizzard. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is what you get on the flip side of hurricane sandy. the snow. in this mountainous area of west virginia the snow started falling yesterday afternoon and it hasn't stopped all night. several inches here in town it is estimated that they are going to have between one and three feet in the higher elevations. and you might not hear the noise behind us but we can. it is the sound of tree branches breaking. the main problem, this snow is so wet and so heavy that power lines and trees are
flooding was also severe farther up the coast in rehoboth delaware. docks were under water. downtown was deserted. along the chesapeake communities were evacuated due to extreme flooding. residents there said it was the worst they had ever seen. >> i feel sorry. it is not over yet. >> reporter: today police emergency responders and the national guard will be patrolling the emergency evacuation zones of the city checking on the safety of people who chose to ride out this storm....
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wilewood, new jersey, almost 12 inches of rain, ocean city 7 inches, rehoboth beach, delaware, 7 inches. coastal advisories from banger, maine down to washington, d.c. the heaviest rainfall will be up into new england, caribou, maine, on into concord, new hampshire. we have a possibility of a severe thunderstorm watch being issued for much of new england later on this morning. so we're not done with sandy yet. there could still be more power outages, and, matt, it looks like, again, this will probably be easily called the storm of the century. matt? >> al roquener point pleasant beach, new jersey. al, thank you very much. chris christie is the governor of that state of new jersey. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> you guys took a direct hit, and i know you'll probably not know the extent of the damage until daylight and you get to see the areas by ground and by air, but based on the reports you've been getting overnight, what's the state of your state? >> it's a major disaster, matt. we have over 2.4 million people without power across the state. we've had flooding in the r
wilewood, new jersey, almost 12 inches of rain, ocean city 7 inches, rehoboth beach, delaware, 7 inches. coastal advisories from banger, maine down to washington, d.c. the heaviest rainfall will be up into new england, caribou, maine, on into concord, new hampshire. we have a possibility of a severe thunderstorm watch being issued for much of new england later on this morning. so we're not done with sandy yet. there could still be more power outages, and, matt, it looks like, again, this will...